This issue of Vineyard Notes covers four timely topics to be considered in your véraison vineyard management plans:
+ Bird control
+ Powdery mildew management
+ Late season Botrytis prevention
+ Tissue nutrient sampling
We are happy to present a viticulture-based newsletter this quarter, focusing on some of the challenges that were apparent in vineyard management during 2010. While the Botrytis challenges are fresh in the minds of vineyard managers, Walt Mahaffee provides a summary of a replicated field trial using Botrytis sprays. Vaughn...
Welcome to the September 2010 edition of OSU Vineyard Notes. We take this opportunity to make you aware of pest-related problems in the vineyard. This 2010 season has been a challenge for many, and the challenges do not stop here. Jay Pscheidt, OSU Extension Plant Pathology Specialist, reports on new...
As the season progresses and all anticipate bloom, we hope you take the opportunity to read this issue. It is full of useful information on some pests of concern—both old and new—in the vineyard and winery: powdery mildew, grape rust mites, Spotted Wing Drosophila and Brettanomyces.
We include other useful...
In this August issue, we focus on the grape berry. Articles within cover topics of cluster thinning, berry ripening, harvest., and various pests that can damage berries. Also, we provide information about how to conduct vine nutrient sampling at véraison to be sure to keep up with your nutrient program....
As the dormant season progresses towards the beginning of the 2010 vineyard season, we prepared this newsletter to focus on viticulture topics in disease management and cover cropping.
With pruning taking place across vineyards in Oregon, Dr. Jay Pscheidt reminds vineyard managers to be on alert for canker diseases. Also,...
Recommends pest management practices for pear. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Recommends pest management practices for prune and plum. Revised April 2018. For the most current information, visit
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Recommends pest management practices for blueberry.
Published 2018. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The Oregon State University Extension Service engages the people of Oregon with research based knowledge and education that strengthen communities and economies, sustain natural resources, and promote healthy families and individuals. This document gives a 100-year history of OSU Extension.
This pocket guide highlights fire-resistant plants that thrive in Willamette Valley growing conditions. It recommends groundcovers, perennials, shrubs, woody vines, and trees. There are too many annual plants available to list them all. In general, annuals are considered fire-resistant if they are kept well irrigated.
The information in this pest management guide is valid for 2019. Trade-name products and services are mentioned as illustrations only. This does not mean that the Oregon State University Extension Service either endorses these products and services or intends to discriminate against products and services not mentioned. Due to constantly...
This publication reviews the growth stages of grapes. For each growth stage (or group of growth stages), the document lists the more effective pesticides used to control insects, weeds, and disease; their rates; and application timing for Oregon grape growers. It also covers the effectiveness of various fungicides for control...